Fur stretching device



Sept. 27, 1932. A s. GREENSTEIN FUR STRETCHING DEVICE Filed Sept. 9,1930 INVENTOR an d e17}. Greenstell z hfimi Y Alex Patented Sept. 27,1932 ALEXANDER s. eannnsrnm, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

FUR STRETCHING DEVICE Application filed September 9,1930. Serial No.480,638.

This invention relates to devices for stretching furs and likematerials; to be used on pieces of such material being worked on andadapted to stretch a portion of the piece worked on without afiectingthe rest thereof and without interfering with the operation donethereon.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a device of the charactermentioned which will be simple in construction, inexpensive, eficient inoperation and easy to apply to the piece in question or to remove ittherefrom.

My invention is mainly used on fur collars, bodies of fur coats alongtheir waist lines or similar places, where it is desired to give shapeor fullness to the piece in question without extra cuts, seams and soon.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification Fig. 1 is aperspective view of my device as applied to a piece of fur, while Fig. 2is a perspective view of my device in an open position, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of'a modification of my invention.

Referring now to the drawing by characters of reference, the numeral 10indicates my device in general, being composed of two elongated platelike elements or strips of metal 11 and 12. The two strips of materialare connected to each other by a hinge device 13 of any appropriateconstruction so that the element 11 may be closed down upon the element12. A wall or projection 14 rises from the center part of the plate 12,said projection being thin compared to its width and height and havingan apex or highest point 15 from which a longer edge 16 is descending tothe surface of the plate 12 in a continuous curve outwardly toward thefree end of the device, while a shorter edge 17 is descending to theplate 12 towards the hinge joint between the two plates.

The upper plate 11 has a slot 18 provided in its center line, said slotbeing adapted to fit over and encircle the projection or wall 14 whenthe two parts are closed upon one another and said slot being of asomewhat larger width and length than said projection 14 plate 12 isplaced underneath the portion 19 of the fur 20 which is desired to bestretched and said portion of the fur is worked over the edge 16 asindicated in Fig. 1, stretched thereover, as at 19, after which theplate 11 is closed upon the fur, its slot 18 keeping said fur tightlystretched or looked over the wall 14. After the necessary operations aredone to the piece 20 and the same is cut to its size and shape asrequired, thedevice 10 will be released and removed therefrom and theadded material or fullness resulting from the stretching at 19 will bearranged on said piece20 so as to give it the desired rounded shape orfullness, as for instance those of a fur, collar, or the waist region ofa fur coat.

"A modified construction of my device is indicated in Fig.3 in which theprojection 14 is not permanently secured oran integral part of the plate12, but it is a separate piece slidably arranged in a slot 21 in theplate 12, said slot running to the outside end 22-of the plate 12, sothat the projection 14 may be pulled entirely out of engagement with theplate 12 by sliding it completely out of said slot 21 at its open outerend and then another. similar wall or projection 14 may be inserted inits place into said slot 21, the various plates to be used with mydevice being of various heights and contours to fit all of theoperations and pieces of work in question.

Holes 23 may be provided in the base plate 1 2 to accommodate securingscrews or nails for the same, in case it is'desired to permanentlysecure my device to a worktable or the like. i

It will be understood that changesand variations may be made in thevarious parts and combinations of my device and I hereby reserve all andany rights that I may have to all such changes and variations as arewithin the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim as new, is:

1. In a device for stretching furs and like materials, two elongatedplate like elements hinged together at one end; a thin wall along ln usethe base the center line ofone of said elements, the other elementhaving a slot adapted to receive said wall and encircle the base of thesame when said second plate is closed down upon said first plate,whereby a portion of said fur or like material stretched or folded oversaid wall may be closed upon and tightly kept thereon upon the closingof said second plate, said wall being a separate piece of materialsecured in a longitudinal slot in its plate and slidable into and out ofsaid slot in a longitudinal direction for the purpose of exchanging saidwall.

2. In a device for locally stretching furs and the like, an upstandingwall adapted to be placed underneath the portion of the fur to bestretched, and a frame encircling said wall and being adapted to closeon the fur and tightly stretch the same on said wall, the

greatest height of said wall being several times that of its thickness.

3. In a device for locally stretching furs and the like, an upstandingwall adapted to be placed underneath the portion of the fur to bestretched, and a frame encircling said wall and being adapted to closeon the fur and tightly stretch the same on said wall, the greatestheight of said wall being several times that of its thickness, said wallhaving an inclined upper edge.

4. In a device for locally stretching furs and the like, an upstandingwall adapted to be placed underneath the portion of the fur to bestretched, and a frame encircling said,

wall and being adapted to close on the fur and tightly stretch the sameon said wall, the greatest height of said'wall being several times thatof its thickness, said wall having an inclined upper edge, said upperedge at no point being above the straight line connecting the highestand lowest points thereof.

5. In a device for locally stretching furs and the like, an upstandingwall adapted to be placed underneath the portion of the fur to bestretched, and a frame encircling said Wall and being adapted to closeon the fur and tightly stretch the same on said wall, the greatestheight of said wall being several times that of its thickness, said wallhaving a declining upper edge from the highest point thereof to thelevel of its base, a hinge device between said frame and said wall, saidhinge being at the portion of the device nearer to the high end of thewall.

Signed atNew York in the county ofiNeW' York, and State of New York this14th day of August, 1930.

ALEXANDER S. GREENSTEIN.

